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Unit 6 Animal Habitats - Lesson 4

We are going to:• learn how animals live in the water. • read and discuss the different kinds

of water habitats.

Where do these animals live?Let's talk!

Warm- up

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The Earth is a watery place. About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water.

Let's read and discuss. watery: containing too much water.

What kind of watery food do you know?

71%Why is water the biggest habitat on Earth?

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Let's read and discuss.

Why are there so many different kinds of species in saltwater?

species: a class of animals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.

What species of fish do you know?

The oceans are full of saltwater. Saltwater is the biggest habitat on Earth. It's home to over fourteen thousand different species of fish.

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Checkpoint.

How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?

What does ocean water have?

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Coral is found on the seabed, or the ocean floor. This is where most fish find the food and shelter.

All of these animals have one thing in common. Without saltwater, they wouldn't be able to survive.

Let's read and discuss. seabed: the bottom of the sea or the ocean.

What is on the seabed?

Why do most saltwater species live in the coral?

Uh oh...

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Let's read and discuss.

Why is fresh water an important habitat?

fresh: newly made or obtained.

What fresh fruit do you like to eat?

Ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams are habitats with fresh water.

There are many different species of animals that live in or near fresh water.

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HINT: Say "T" if the sentence is true, and "F" if it is false.Let's solve the quiz.

The water in the ocean has sugar in it.

Coral is found on the seabed.

There are two kinds of water habitats.

Without water, fish could still survive.

T F

T F

T F

T F

T F

Water covers 71 percent of the Earth’s surface.

Practice

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Let's discuss.

Q1. Which water habitat has more fish? Why?

Q3. What are some animals that live in fresh water? Have you seen any?

Q2. What are some animals that live in saltwater? Have you seen any?

Q4. If you lived in the water, what kind of animal would you be? Why?

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fresh, seabed, saltwater, species, watery, covered, coral

In this lesson, we...

read and discussed about the different kinds of water habitats.

learned new words:

Go to your local lake and name all the animals you see.

Fish need water to survive.

Oh oh...

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Wrap- up

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